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Describing the firing by Maoist guerrillas on his convoy on Saturday as a "minor incident", Dantewada massacre probe panel chief E N Rammohan said that his inquiry report would be submitted to the union home minister by April 25.india Updated: Apr 17, 2010 21:57 IST
Describing the firing by Maoist guerrillas on his convoy on Saturday as a "minor incident", Dantewada massacre probe panel chief E N Rammohan said that his inquiry report would be submitted to the union home minister by April 25.
"My work is on. There has been no ambush today. I will be finishing the work as per the deadline announced by the home minister (P Chidambaram) in parliament on Thursday last," Rammohan, former director general Border Security Force, told IANS over telephone from Dantewada.
He declined to say more, citing "confidentiality norms".
Describing the firing incident on Saturday, Rammohan said "a road opening party (ROP) of the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) was fired at by suspected Maoists a few km away from his convoy".
He said security forces returned the fire and the leftwing rebels fled. Rammohan said the incident occurred in Talmeta area, around 5 km from the April 6 attack site, in which 75 CRPF troopers and a state police man were killed and eight security personnel injured in an ambush and firing by Maoists.
Rammohan, a veteran of anti-militancy operations in Kashmir and the northeast, was appointed April 8 as a one-man panel to probe the Dantewada massacre.
The panel's terms of reference include determining the sequence of events leading to the massacre and analysing and establishing the command structure of the security personnel there.
"The panel will analyse the decision, command structure and hierarchy and specific levels that took the decision concerning area domination operations and led to the incident," a government notification appointing him said.
The panel has been also asked to examine the quality of the training imparted to CRPF personnel and the details of the standard operations procedure issued to them. It will also examine the response of the security forces and the police during the ambush and the post-ambush relief and rescue operations.
The panel began its work with a meeting with CRPF director general Vikram Srivastava in New Delhi, during which it familiarised itself with the command structure at Dantewada on April 6.
For the past week, Rammohan has been touring the ambush site and nearby places. He has met civil, police and paramilitary officials, villagers and the injured troopers. According to sources, he may meet relatives of the killed personnel and injured ones before completing the probe.
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Very Possibly a Barkley Grow T8P1. AHRC = American Hard Rubber Company.
Also see https://www.oncealoft.com/product-pa...-control-wheel
The centre key lock looks a bit small though, wonder if it was ever fitted to a actual aircraft ?
Can anyone help please with the identity of this possible Control Yoke?
On the back of the yoke it reads AHRCO model no3 TC no 118
There appears to be similar yokes but I'm yet to find a match
Thank you once again for any help given in advance.
Sorry photos up upside down
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Very Possibly a Barkley Grow T8P1. AHRC = American Hard Rubber Company.
Also see https://www.oncealoft.com/product-pa...-control-wheel
The centre key lock looks a bit small though, wonder if it was ever fitted to a actual aircraft ?
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Good spot Fly.buy
Also looking through some previous posts Rocketeer has suggested the Norseman looks identical, so looks like it may of been fitted on a few different types of aircraft, I'll keep looking maybe there may be other suggestions.
Hawker 1966, the above suggestion is also a good one and Link did also cross my mind. One clue to look out for is if the weight of your yoke is exceptionally heavy! The yoke for Link trainers were made from smelted scrap metal, as the link was not intended to fly, the weight of the metal was therefore not an issue. The weight difference should be obvious to that of a conventional yoke, may also account for the small centre key hole If it was not intended to fly.
Hi Jasonp51d
Sorry for the late reply, it certainly looks identical to the control wheel i have apparently this type of trainer dates from 1929, i would think the smaller hole sizing at the centre of the yoke is to adapt to a link trainer (as Fly.buy has previously suggested)
But also looking back at the thread "Your favourite control column/grip" on number 1068 ( byFly.buy) it shows a wheel from a Lerwick with a small centre hole also but of different design, like Fly.buy has said before it would be unusual for a wheel to have such a small hole like the Lerwick but it appears some may have this small design.
The yoke i have appears to of been modified, could this of been to fit something else ie for example a Barkley Grow T8P1 to a Norseman (or other) as both these aircraft have identical yokes, or the link trainer as suggested.
The weight of the yoke is light about the same in weight as the DC3 i have.
looking also at the DC3 yoke on no 1060 on the"Your favourite control column/grip" it again shows a modification of this size of centre hole.
I guess the only way for sure is to see what is behind the centre cap/Bolt to see what design there is on the likes of the Barkley and Norseman and the link trainer.
It would be great to get to the bottom of this as the subject does appear to crop up frequently.
It doesn't look unlike one from the Convair 240/340/440/T-29/C-131 series (and I suspect other Consolodated/Convair types as well).
There are two sides to every story. The truth is usually somewhere between the two.
Thanks for the reply and input J Boyle
Just surfing the net for any possible photos of behind the centre cap of the yoke itself on the Noresman and come across this link
If you look at the photo of the link trainer that jasonp51d had posted on no 6 reply you can see that the centre fixing appears to be very similar unfortunately it is hard to zoom in on it for any any clarity.
Would anyone have any clearer photos of the yoke fixing behind the centre cap?
Any thoughts also?
Certainly not Convair 240-440, I have come across a lot of these in the past.
My theory on post 1060, is the following and this is pure speculation on my part having had these types of yokes pass through my hands. There is a clear quality build difference between those yokes which were destined to fit on flying aircraft against those which were destined for fitting to static 'Link' aircraft.
At the end of the war some yokes which had been manufactured for 'flying' aircraft and now surplus to requirements had their center fixing adapted to be fitted onto link aircraft. I cannot think of another feasible explanation but would welcome other suggestions.
Hi FLY.BUY
Thanks again for your valued reply, i have to say i agree with you 100 percent as the modification does appear to be less rebust to your average if not all control yokes around this era, its just a pity there are no references to this type of yoke fixing on the net,which will always leave it open to debate.
Unless of course someone owns a link trainer that shows this type of fixing.
I have in the past had a link trainer yoke and the modification is the same.
That clears that up then, i would say the yoke i have was formerly a Norseman/Barkley that was converted into a link trainer as it appears FLY.BUY you have evidence of his, so any yoke with the centre yoke modification as per my control yoke is a link trainer.
Many thanks again for everyone's input in regard to this thread..
hawker1966 this is the normal size of centre sprocket hole to be fitted to a 'live aircraft' compare this to what you have.
Credit to swifter who originally spotted the advert....
Last edited by FLY.BUY; 21st April 2018 at 08:34.
Hi FLY.BUY
That certainly clears things up in regards to the centre hole,as the yoke i have would of been converted to a link trainer at some point in its history, previously being made for a flying aircraft as it shows the correct hole size and slot before being adapted for link trainer usage.
Thanks to all the above comments and Swifter.
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Street style is fashion that was created by youth culture and not from fashion studios and houses. Now a days many mainstream fashion houses are adopting street style fashion to their own fashion lines. Street style has become very famous thanks to a lot of fashion and lifestyle bloggers. There are different street style categories that are in fashion today.
The Hippie style - T-shirts, flowers, flared trousers
Teddy Boy - Drape jackets, crepe shoes
Punk Fashion - Ripped jeans, T-shirts with slogans
Skinheads - cropped hair, fitted jeans
Gothic Fashion - Black clothing and accessories
Preppy - Chinos, boat shoes
Hip Hop Fashion - baggy pants
Hipster - jeans, beanie's
Rasta - dreadlocks, African inspired clothing
Greaser - leather jackets, cowboy boots
Urban - jewellery, skinny jeans
Feminine - dresses, hats
I actually quite like street style because it is very adaptable and anyone can put their own twist to it and style an outfit. Its mainly what we see most people wear everyday on regular basis so its quite trendy now. For more inspiration have a look at MANGO, ZARA, FOREVER 21 and H&M as they are more affordable and have quite a few options that will suit everyone's needs.
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AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwired - Nov 11, 2015) - AVEW HOLDINGS INC. (OTC PINK: AVEW) today announced the ongoing successful implementation and outstanding management of Fantastic Pool Services' (FPS) business plan has led to an unparalleled 188% growth in revenues and 87.5% increase in customers for pool maintenance and services. This has been achieved in a short 12-month period since FPS was acquired by AVEW in November 2014.
Fantastic Pool Services is a full pool maintenance and repair company that serves Central Texas including Austin and the surrounding Hill Country areas. In addition to pool service monthly accounts, FPS is a certified repair center for multiple nation-wide equipment vendors: Pentair Aquatic Systems, Zodiac Pool Systems (Jandy), Paramount Pool & Spa Systems, and Delta Ultraviolet Corporation. Each of these companies are top-tier vendors in the pool industry spanning all aspects of the pool building, maintenance, repair and remodel sectors.
FPS has grown from 80 to 150 service accounts over the past 12 months and has increased its annual revenue run rate from $150,000.00 to $432,000.00 and is expected to continue on a 150% per year growth path.
FPS is the exclusive startup company allowing a direct line to new pool customers for New Generation Pools as well as 6 other leading pool builders in Central Texas. FPS has hired and trained a group of knowledgeable and dedicated service and maintenance technicians who have provided exceptional service to their customers. This includes a full time senior technician to handle all repair and replacement needs. FPS has also equipped its fleet of service vehicles with the most up to date maintenance equipment and service supplies.
Mr. Mike Sharp, AVEW Senior VP of Operations and founder of FPS, stated, "FPS' success continues to be a concrete example of AVEW's growth business model. It allows AVEW companies to leverage each other horizontally and vertically across the company. The multiple specialty construction divisions continue to provide additional customers and business opportunities. FPS has a current goal of 300 pool maintenance customers for 2016 and we look forward to achieving and/or surpassing this milestone."
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AVEW includes a full service pool, spa, landscape design and construction company. New Generation Pools is a custom pool design and construction company that has won national and regional pool construction and design awards. Fantastic Pool Services is a maintenance and pool repair company doing business in Central Texas. Pegasus Construction Company is a residential remodel and new construction company servicing Central Texas. Pegasus also designs and installs landscaping, outdoor living kitchens, fireplaces, cabanas, and decks. Kustom Fence and Construction Company is a custom fence designer and builder serving the Hill Country. Tarragon Homes and Milagro Homes are full custom and production home building and development companies. AVEW Real Estate Development Company will be involved in commercial mixed-use development.
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Silver bullion bars usually cost less than silver bullion coins on a per ounce basis making them more lucrative if you:
My goal is to report both the pros and the cons of buying silver bars so that you are better informed when you make a purchase.
|One ounce minted silver bars are a popular size and easy to store at home (see photo on right).
With that in mind, silver bullion bars are a viable option if you:
Three different manufacturing techniques are used to produce silver bullion bars of various sizes.
|Extrusion (extruding) is what bakers do when they force icing through a hole to decorate cakes for special occasions.
Fewer People Buy Bars
A greater number of people buy silver coins than silver bars. So it may take a little longer to sell your silver bars at acceptable prices. This is more true of the large silver ingots (pictured below).
Diamond jewelry is a good analogy that helps makes this point.
For example, there are far fewer potential buyers of a 4-karat diamond ring than a more modest ¼-karat diamond ring.
Therefore, the larger ring will probably take longer to sell.
However, the larger ring may sell quickly if demand for the ring with more "bling" exceeds supply. So it's really a matter of market timing.
Value of Silver Bars
Silver bar prices are closely tied to the silver spot price or spot silver price (both wordings are used) for one troy ounce of silver.
You will notice that silver bullion dealers typically price their silver bars a little above the current silver spot price. Please click here to learn more about silver bar pricing.
Silver Ingots and Silver Coins
Consolidation Saves Money
You are consolidating silver when you purchase it in bulk forms such as silver ingots.
This consolidation process produces greater efficiencies -- and increased efficiency empowers dealers to charge less for silver bullion. So, logically, larger silver ingots are cheaper to produce than the smaller silver bars.
Also silver bars are cheaper to produce than silver coins since bars do not typically include as many fine details (i.e. art). When you buy silver bars
(> 1 oz.) or ingots you are consolidating more silver in fewer pieces.
In short, the larger the silver bar the lower the cost on a per ounce basis. The flip side, as mentioned above, is silver ingots/bars may require more time to sell at desired prices.
Sterling Silver Bars
Silver bullion bars can be purchased in alloy forms. This means an additional metal(s) is added during the production process.
Sterling silver bars are a common form of alloy silver bars. These bars are 92.5% pure silver with an alloy metal(s) as the balance material. Copper is an alloy metal widely used with silver.
If you are only interested in pure silver bars ... not a problem. Listed below are some very credible brands:
Assorted Silver Ingots and Silver Bars
I hope the number of fake silver bars in the marketplace is miniscule. But since they are out there it's wise to take steps to avoid them.
Some simple suggestions to consider when buying silver bullion bars are:
Please view the video below to see how a specific gravity test of gold or silver is performed. The specific gravities of pure gold and pure silver are 19.32 and 10.49 respectively.
A 1oz. silver bar was used in the video. Also the scale in the video was only precise to .1 gram. A scale that measures to the .01 gram is recommended since it will produce a more exact measurement.
Assay Certification
An assayer is responsible for verifying the silver bullion weight and fineness (purity) claims of a refiner. Some brands stamp serial numbers on their silver bars and/or include assay certificates to accompany their products.
There are different opinions concerning the value of assay certificates. These differences stem from the fact that paper certificates are easier to counterfeit than silver bars.
Although paperwork is more easily forged, it's still one more thing a counterfeiter must do to be successful. Another deterrent is the sealed packaging many refiners use.
The Perth Mint does not serialize its silver bars (except 1,000 oz.). Rather it relies on its swan logo (artfully-created, difficult to replicate) and sealed packages w/assay cards as deterrents.
One way to find reputable silver bullion dealers is ask for a referral from someone you know and trust who has purchased silver bullion bars. You can also check a dealer's track record with the Better Business Bureau.
1,000 oz. Silver Ingot
The Bottom Line
Once again, maximizing profits is the number one reason why silver investors buy silver bullion bars.
I hope you calculate the ownership costs of bars vs. coins. I think you will find the results impressive.
These are the benefits and drawbacks of buying silver bullion bars in my opinion. Please choose a link from my navigation bar (upper left) to learn more about precious metals.Return from Silver Bullion Bars to Gold Bullion and Silver Bullion (Home)
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Tea Tree Players
Tea Tree Players Theatre
Until 18 Feb 2017
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Tea Tree Players
Tea Tree Players Theatre
Until 18 February 2017
Review by Fran Edwards
Tea Tree Players can be relied upon to create a great set, and "Twist" is no exception; it looks like a believable apartment and works well. Apart from a couple of minor glitches with the sound the tech went well. Miles Tredinnick's script seems good but a few missed cues early on spoilt the flow.
The cast worked very hard in hot conditions a few minor slips can be forgiven and the audience was with them all the way. In the lead role of David Wood was Carsten Oostema, a not-very-likeable character that Carsten seems to struggle with. His wife Sarah Seaton, a famous actress, is played well by Veronica Howson managing to belittle her husband with minimal effort.
Richard Hobson was well suited as David's brother, Robert Woods was as Heather Riley as Mrs Beck the 'caretaker' who looks and sounds like a charlady. Chanelle Le Rous is perfect for Hannah Van Lee – being from South Africa she has no problems with the accent. Every inch the Inspector, Nick Manning-Bennett has the cast and the audience convinced.
I was not impressed by the blocking, but was that the director, Kyla Booth, at fault – or the cast? Miles Tredinnick wrote "Up Pompeii" and this script may be as good, but it was hard to tell from this production. It certainly had more that one twist and the humour appealed to the audience, even in that heat!


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Proposed New Charge for CCVC
With the presentation of this report to the faculty, CCVC completes its current charge. We propose a new charge:
The JFS authorizes the Common Curriculum Visioning Committee (CCVC) to continue its work in providing direction and strategy for potentially implementing changes to the Common Curriculum. The committee shall:
- Using the process and design principles in this report, shepherd the general education revision process so that the checkpoints on the timeline approved by the JFS are followed;
- Develop subcommittees to be charged with addressing various aspects of the process;
- Organize and host workshops, reading groups and outreach events during appropriate phases of the process;
- Based on community feedback, draft a vision statement and revised learning outcomes for general education to be considered by the Joint Faculty Senate;
- Maintain an electronic site to keep the community informed of developments and to make documents publicly available;
- Develop and circulate a call for Targeted Suggestions and a Statement of Intent to Create a Curricular Design Team;
- Participate, if feasible and appropriate, in the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference on "General Education & Assessment: From My Work to Our Work" in February 2016 and the CSB/SJU "Illuminating the Liberal Arts" conference in July 2016; and
- Work with JFA leadership during spring 2016 and summer 2016 for possible inclusion of general education themes at the 2016 Fall Faculty Workshop.
The Common Curriculum Visioning Committee will regularly update the Joint Faculty Senate about the status of its work. Progress on these steps assumes adequate membership on CCVC and the resources needed to carry out the work.


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France's decision to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities was justified.
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2. https://www.change.org...
While this statement may be true, providing evidence would make this claim stronger.
The rest of Pro's statement is emotional but lacks evidence. Con contends that the wasted food will not make it to the hungry. Most of the people who die from starvation are in the third world. "The vast majority of the world's hungry people live in developing countries, where 12.9 percent of the population is undernourished." [3]. France is a long ways away from the poorest countries. [4].
The problem with giving food to 3rd world countries is cash crops. Pro learned in school that if too much food is given to developing countries farmers instead grow cash crops. Now the country receiving free food is more depend than ever. Next, local warlord seize the food given by 1st world countries. These warlords then force the locals to vote for them. Therefore, the first world giving food to 3rd world countries is worse than useless because it creates more problems than it solves.
"Somalia's economy, one of the poorest in the world, is an agricultural one based primarily on livestock and, to a lesser extent, on farming. Livestock accounts for about 40% of GDP and a large percentage of export earnings, mainly from Saudi Arabia; bananas are the main cash crop and account for nearly 50% of export earnings. [5].
" Cultivation of Tobacco
In 1985 4.1 million hectares of land were under tobacco cultivation - 73% of this in developing countries. This is 0.3% of the world's arable land, compared with 0.7% for coffee, 2.3% for cotton and 16.3% for wheat. Malaysia has the most at 4.6%, Zimbabwe next at 3%. " [6].
As anyone can see cash crops make more money than food crops. This is why donating food to the third world fails. Even without the local warlords, donating lots of food drives down the cost of food by saturating the market with supply. This is basic economics, as supply rises while demand holds still, price goes down. Farmers can no longer afford to plant food crops and instead plant cash crops.
Onto hunger in the 1st world. The same basic principle applies. By forcing supermarkets to donate their food to charity there is more supply. More supply drives down prices. Supermarkets become less profitable. Less profitability means less supermarkets. Finally forcing supermarkets to donate to charity limits their freedom.
France's decision to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities was not justified. This will only harm both the 1st and 3rd world. Vote Con.
3. http://www.wfp.org...
4. http://www.worldatlas.com...
5. http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com...
6. http://www.nsma.org.au...
If you ever gardened, you will realize just how hard it is to grow crops with no tools. Much of the soil your hands aren't strong enough to break. Clay soil for example. Tools are needed. Yet, tools have limited durability, and there is a cost to fix and replace broken tools. Not only that but there is the initial startup costs of buying tools.
If supply goes up price comes down. If supply goes up too much, the price will fall so far that the price of repairing and replacing old tools will be greater than the price of selling the food to the market. The farmer will lose money in this scenario. Not out of laziness but out of need the farmer will begin planting cash crops which will be exported to 1st world countries. Cash crops like tobacco.
This website illustrates how a sudden increase in supply with stagnant demand drives down prices. "Another reason was to try and slow down the wave of foreclosures that were entering the market and driving down prices." [7]
Just as in the housing market a bunch of foreclosures can destroy the economy, by dramatically increasing supply, the same is true of the food market. If you watch King Corn you will see why limiting supply of food is good. [8]
Just as in third world countries flooding the market with food can be disastrous, there is no reason this couldn't happen in first world countries. Instead, supply needs to be limited so that food prices remain high and therefore profitable.
Supermarkets in France have found a clever way to limit supply. By spoiling food early as opposed to donating the food supermarkets keep food prices high and farmers in jobs. Worst case scenario is food banks become so saturated that the price of food is driven down and farmers go out of business. With farmers out of business France may face food shortages in the long run.
In summary, on the surface its a good idea to force supermarkets to give to charity. Yet, delving deeper this bulge in supply could ruin the food market. Less farmers, means less food, and the very event France was trying to prevent may be caused, food shortages. Con contends that this excess supply of food will ruin the food market of France and cause more hunger than it prevents in the long term.
Causing hunger is not justified. Therefore, France's decision to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities was not justified because it will cause more hunger in the long run by ruining the food market by driving down prices with excess supply. Vote Con.
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In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives.
Author Bio
Veronica Roth is from a Chicago suburb. She studied creative writing at Northwestern University, and wrote DIVERGENT (Katherine Tegen Books, May 2011) and INSURGENT (May 2012). The third and final book in The Divergent Trilogy, ALLEGIANT, will come out on October 22, 2013. In the meantime she will spend endless hours browsing Wikipedia in her pajamas as she eats corn flakes. (Or some other kind of bland breakfast cereal.)
The Review
First I have to say, I REALLY like those covers! They match and they tell something about the story.
I really enjoyed the first book in the series, getting to know Tris, Four, Will and Christina. Getting to know the different factions and what they stand for. Truth be told, I had not read the summary, and I liked going into the book without knowing everything.
I really liked watching Tris find herself and experiencing Four and hers relationship. Seeing both of them evolve throughout the series was great. Since Tris come from Abnegation where you do not even hold hands or kiss before marriage, it was extremely interesting to see her reactions and how she acted in the relathionship.
There are 5 factions: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave) and Erudite (the intelligent). In the "World of Divergent: Path to Allegiant" instalment, you get to know more about the different factions. You get to read their manifestos - which is seriously interesting.
My favorite part about the series is probably the factions. Although Allegiant seriously change the vision on factions and divergence - but that is beside the point. I have no idea why, but the idea that the world is divided in 5 different factions, and you belong to one of them is such a new point of view. I can see some of my friends fitting into Dauntless and Erudite, and my best friend fitting into Abnegation perfectly! In my head, this is a new take on the houses in Harry Potter - everything is related to HP in my world.
The whole series is extremely actionpacked and there definetely are some people you are just born to hate.
As I said before, Allegiant changes Divergent and Insurgent for you completely. If you read Allegiant and then choose to re-read the series, you cannot look at the world with the same eyes again. It seriosly changes EVERYTHING about the world of Divergent.
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I am searcing for information on a Adams Family last seen in the Breathitt County Census of 1910. They are listed there as;
Jane Adams 60, Lucinda 33, Polly 28, Tice 25,
Ezekiel 22, Berry 20, Rinsy 18, Catherine 16,
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Edgar Mitchell, who rocketed into space as part of the Apollo 14 team to become the sixth man on the moon, claims that members of the U.S. Air Force saw UFOs flying over U.S. missile bases and the White Sands facility in New Mexico preparing to disarm the United States if a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia became imminent.
Mitchell grew up near the New Mexico sites, telling Mirror Online:
You don't know the area like I do. White Sands was a testing ground for atomic weapons – and that's what the extraterrestrials were interested in. They wanted to know about our military capabilities. My own experience talking to people has made it clear the ETs had been attempting to keep us from going to war and help create peace on Earth.
Mitchell said the officers whom he spoke to mentioned frequent sightings during the Cold war, adding, "They told me UFOs were frequently seen overhead and often disabled their missiles. Other officers from bases on the Pacific coast told me their (test) missiles were frequently shot down by alien spacecraft."
Nick Pope, former Ministry of Defense UFO researcher, demurred, telling Mirror Online:
Given that the Universe is around 14 billion years old, if we're being visited, it's unlikely we're dealing with a civilization just a few hundred years ahead of us, so stories of aliens managing to disrupt a few of our weapons tests are far-fetched. Chances are they'd be millions of years ahead of us and could do anything they wanted to.
He also asserted of Mitchell:
Clearly, because of who he is, he's had access to government, military and intelligence community personnel at the highest level, but because – quite understandably – he won't name his sources, we can't be certain these people were being straight with him, or indeed that they were privy to any classified information about UFOs.
In 2103, Mitchell spoke of his belief of aliens appearing on earth, stating:
After my space flight, I was contacted by descendants of the original Roswell observers, including the person who delivered the child-sized coffins to the Air Force to contain alien bodies. Another was one of the children of the deputy sheriff who was patrolling traffic around the site. There was also a military officer who was a friend of the families not involved in that particular operation, but who did share office space there. They all seemed credible with their stories that the bodies found were alien.


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The Chicago Park District announced today that the Buckingham Fountain has been turned off for the 2010 season.
The city's iconic fountain was initially planned to be shut down on Oct. 31, park officials said, but this week's storms and drop in temperatures forced workers to turn off the water early to protect the fountain's aging pipes from freezing.
The Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain, on Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway, is said to be the city's most recognizable fountain. It was featured in the opening credits for "Married...With Children," was the starting point for Season 6 of the CBS reality series The Amazing Race, and is a favorite backdrop for tourists, wedding parties and filmmakers.


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Thoughts on technology and innovation
Beth Farrar, Marketing Manager
Derek Hansen and Ted Husted, members of the Nimble AMS development team, will be presenting two one-hour sessions at Dreamforce 2013 in November, one on regression testing and another on continuous integration.
"As Nimble AMS continues to grow," said Husted, "we need to be sure new features play well with existing features. We've long since passed the point where we can test everything by hand for every release. The Page Flow pattern helps us create better tests faster, and continuous integration helps us conserve energy and test the right things at the right time."
"It's all about DRY: Don't Repeat Yourself," explained Hansen. "Every minute you spend repeating manual tasks, is a wasted minute of innovation. The power of innovation will compound over time, but not if you're stuck deploying files over and over again. Using a set of continuous integration tools, each Nimble AMS feature is isolated on its own branch, and in its own feature sandbox. As the feature moves through development, our tools programmatically deploy the code where it needs to be, with minimal intervention. "
Between now and November, the titles are subject to change, but here are the Dreamforce sessions that Ted and Derek will present on:
Session Description: "Streamline Selenium Testing with Page Flow Navigation"
In this session, we show you how to significantly reduce the time needed to write and maintain Selenium tests by using page flows to encapsulate the navigational elements in your application.
Salesforce runs thousands of Selenium user interface tests daily, ensuring that user interactions continue to perform as expected, end to end. User interfaces are constantly evolving, and maintaining Selenium test suites is an ongoing challenge. As the number of custom VisualForce pages in your own application grows, it's important to leverage a core framework that helps developers quickly write comprehensive UI tests.
We will show you how common, multi-page UI actions in Selenium tests can be abstracted into page flows. With a page flow, developers can cut to the chase in a testing scenario, bypassing the setup often needed to navigate to the beginning of your testable action.
Page flows are implemented using Page Objects, which hide the implementation of the page itself from your tests, and lets your code become clean, dry, and readable. Out of the box, the Selenium WebDriver provides a PageFactory class that lazily instantiates the page elements, making AJAX UI testing a breeze.
Leave this session knowing what you need to add a high-value, low-maintenance Selenium test suite to your arsenal.
Session Description: "How to Setup a Continuous Integration System for Enterprise Development"
In this session, we walk through setting up a continuous integration system for Salesforce development, from scratch, using Git, Jenkins, the Force.com Migration Tool, and the Apex Data Loader, following a proven, step-by-step approach that you can use with your own project.
We show you how to pull your current project code with the toolkit, deploy it to a Git host, and then how to use Jenkins jobs to automatically deploy updated code to staging and packaging orgs, and also how to use feature sandboxes and feature branches to isolate work-in-progress from completed work.
"Feature sandboxes and feature branches, you say?"
Salesforce orgs provide developers with a wealth of functionality out-of-the-box. For developers, the trick is keeping metadata for a feature that is ready to test, but not approved for release, from being co-mingled with new work-in-progress for another feature.
In the Git universe, developers often isolate work-in-progress on a feature branch. When the feature is fully developed, the branch can be tested and reviewed by other team members. Meanwhile, the developer provisions a fresh branch and goes onto the next feature. When a feature branch is tested, reviewed, and approved, it is ultimately merged into the main line of development. But not before.
Feature branches are a great approach to development, and it's surprisingly easy to apply the same model to sandboxes. With feature sandboxes, Force.com developers can realize the full promise of iterative and incremental development.
Since developer sandboxes do not duplicate the parent org's data, we also demonstrate how to maintain a complete set of example data, and quickly push that data to developer orgs on-demand, using only the Apex Data Loader and the SQL database of your choice.
During the session, we present the actual configuration scripts we use to make all this work for our group of eight developers, working together on the same managed product, spanning 65+ objects, 350+ classes, and 600+ Apex tests.
If you're ready to release "no line before its time", this session has the tools you need to dam the waterfall.
About the Speakers
Derek Hansen is a Lead Engineer for the Nimble AMS product, an enterprise level Association Management System built on Force.com. Obsessed with creating higher quality software at an ever increasing pace, Derek is naturally drawn to Agile processes, Behavior Driven Development, and development best practices. A constant force of innovation, Derek enjoys picking up seemingly unrelated skills to push ahead faster. Whether it's learning to speed read or absorbing the latest Web framework, Derek can always be found prototyping and tinkering with new ideas.
Ted Husted is a Certified Salesforce Developer, a recurring speaker at ApacheCon and the Ajax Experience, and a former member of the Apache Struts project, a popular web application framework for Java. Before joining NimbleUser in 2008 as a Business Analyst, Ted consulted with teams throughout the United States, including CitiGroup, Nationwide Insurance, and the Pepsi Bottling Group. Ted has written or co-authored several technical books, including Professional JSP Site Design, Struts in Action, JUnit in Action (1st Ed.), and Googe Wave (Preview) Explained.
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Evaluations of Firms and Professionals Who Provide Consumer Services. An Annotated Bibliography of Consumer Services.
Jackson, Gregg B.; Meyer, Francine H.
This annotated bibliography contains summaries of studies of consumer services in 39 fields, plus summaries of publications of interest to consumer advocates, published during the past 10 years. Since most service providers do business in a single locale, the evaluations are usually local in scope (for example, a comparison of major appliance repair firms in Washington, D.C.), although assessments of an entire service industry rather than of individual providers, suggestions to aid individual consumers in shopping for a given kind of service provider, general information about a service field, common problems and "ripoffs" in a service field, instructions for do-it-yourselfers, and methods for conducting consumer studies are included. The bibliography is organized into two parts. The first part covers the 39 service fields, arranged in alphabetical order. Example fields included are abortion clinics, appliance repair, auto repair, day care services, employment agencies, food stores, hospital emergency rooms, opticians, plumbers, schools, and television repair shops. The second part covers four general topics on producing and disseminating service provider evaluations (fund-raising and selling publications, libel law, publicity, and research methods). The annotations of those documents that report evaluations of service providers focus on the characteristics that were assessed, the means of data collection, and the basic findings. Names and addresses of contact persons and sources of the documents and related research materials and methodology are provided. (KC)
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Bibliographies
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Consumer's Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Washington Center for the Study of Services, Washington, DC.


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Live Music
Zion Tribe @ AJ's Grayton Beach Fat Tuesday Party
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Come Let the Good Times Roll at AJ's Grayton Beach as they host a Fat Tuesday Party Feb. 13th starting at 3pm. Come hungry - they'll be serving up their first crawfish boil of the year paired with LIVE MUSIC by Tribe Zion!
Tribe Zion delivers a high energy mix of original Rock, Hip Hop, Reggae, Funk, & Blues, with a hint of New Orleans & Muscle Shoals influenced undercurrent & is currently touring throughout the Southeast in support of their new E.P. Release "Gonna Be Alright". Originally formed in Boulder, Colorado in 2005, the band moved to California, then Louisiana, & is now based in Pensacola, FL.
Tribe Zion has opened for many national acts including The Wailers, The Movement, Hirie, The Dirty Heads, Fayuca, JR. Toots, Black Uhuru, The Itals, and Mystic Roots. With well over 100 years of combined experience in the music Industry, Tribe Zion has developed a large following & is now gaining National attention.
AJ's is known for great seafood and good times. Keep up with all the happenings of AJ's Grayton Beach on their Facebook. With live music and an eclectic atmosphere, this new hot spot in Grayton is already a beloved spot for families, music lovers, locals and visitors.
Here's what is going on at AJ's in funky town:
Wed: CLOSED
Thu: Sammy Jackson 6pm-9pm AND Karaoke Night 9pm-1am
Fri: Will and Linday 6pm-9pm
Sat: Casey Kearney 5-8pm
Sun: The Pickled Pickers 3pm-7pm
Sushi Happy Hour / Oyster Happy Hour Mon-Fri 4-6pm
Winter Oyster Happy Hour Thursday & Friday 11am-6pm. Only 10.95 for a Bakers Dozen!
Prime Rib Thursdays starting at 4pm
Sunday Brunch 10am-2pm.
Happy Hour Mon-Fri 4-6pm
AJ's Grayton Beach is open daily for lunch, dinner and cocktails. You'll love the new restaurant/bar with a history from Destin Harbor to Grayton Beach. Owners of AJ's Seafood in Destin bring the tradition to their Grayton Beach location, formerly Pandora's. AJ's Grayton Beach is family friendly with a fun atmosphere and extensive menu including Gulf coast seafood and steak, oyster bar, sushi bar as well as sandwiches and burgers. Prime Rib night continues on Thursday nights. Keep up with music lineup, specials and everything AJ's on Facebook.
Peek at the Live Music Calendar on SoWal for upcoming shows.
Find the late night party scene here after dinner hours (9 or 10pm). The music and nightlife live on here in the heart of Grayton Beach.
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Wisconsin Singers 2017-2018
WISCONSIN SINGERS- UW-Madison's campus leader in promoting the Wisconsin Idea.
Featuring the top talents from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Singers entertains more than 80,000 annually with stellar vocals, stunning choreography and spectacular big band sound. Singers draws students from a variety of majors across campus who have a passion to perform, are committed to representing the excellence of UW-Madison, and enjoy the fun of sharing the stage in communities across the state and nation as "Official Ambassadors of Goodwill" for our campus since 1967.
The Wisconsin Singers program provides opportunities for students of all majors to perform pop music of the last 60 years. It is run almost entirely by the students themselves, who handle many of the elements of production, from booking to operations and music performance, working alongside professionals who arrange, choreograph and rehearse a 90-minute revue-style show featuring the most talented singers, dancers and instrumentalists from the university. Over the last 49 years, the Singers has evolved into a professional entertainment company, focused on Broadway caliber productions, hands-on educational opportunities, and community service.
The group is comprised of 16 singer/dancers, 9 instrumentalists, 3 tech people, and 8 business members comprised of: 3 Project Managers, 2 PR/Marketing, 1 year round Graphic Arts, 1 semester Graphic Arts, and 2 Administrative Assistants. Students come from different majors from all over campus. For more information follow this link: http://www.wisconsinsingers.com/auditions/
Auditions are held at the end of second semester, and shows offer 35-40 performance opportunities throughout the state and country.
Georgi Edgington / 608.609.1303


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A new study shows that a pioneering initiative to prevent shaken baby syndrome was associated with a...
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The Child & Family Research Institute is committed to the education and training of our research community including full-time trainees (masters and doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical research trainees), summer students, and clinical research coordinators.
First established in 2003, the Research Education Office at the Child & Family Research Institute organizes education and networking events for trainees, coordinators and the public, including the annual Mini Med School series; administers trainee funding competitions; and manages the institute's summer student research program for undergraduate and medical students.
For more information on the education and training opportunities at CFRI and to access the Research Education Program event calendar visit the CFRI Training website.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Room 2084
950 West 28th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4
Our research is devoted to investigation of the events in cells inside the blood vessel walls, which cause cardiovascular disorders, the main cause of death in the developed world. A thin layer of muscle inside the vessel wall governs blood pressure and blood flow along the vessels. This layer consists of smooth muscle cells that contract and relax in response to hormones and stimuli from nerves. Contraction and relaxation of vascular smooth muscle cells are regulated by complex mechanisms inside cells that depend on ion exchange, cellular architecture, and activity of intracellular proteins. Calcium entering the cell through special protein channels plays a central role in regulation of vascular function. We study which proteins regulate calcium influx in vascular cells, and how calcium distribution inside the cell interplays with intracellular structure to regulate vasoconstriction. We also study how diseases such as diabetes or Marfan syndrome affect these orchestrated intracellular mechanisms.
Calcium oscillations in vascular smooth muscle
Ca2+ is a central messenger of smooth muscle function, which regulates both vascular tone and the processes of proliferation, migration and apoptosis. Aberrations in these functions are causally involved in vascular diseases, which are the main causes of death in the developed world. The key to selective Ca2+ regulation of multiple functions lies in the cell's ability to create Ca2+ signals possessing specific temporal and spatial characteristics, which encode differential regulatory information. Ca2+ oscillations are an integral part of "site and function-specific" Ca2+ signaling in smooth muscle cells. These Ca2+ fluctuations are generated by ion channels, exchangers and pumps in the plasma membrane, sarcoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria, which are strategically clustered in microdomains. In the current project, we study how cell function in norm, neonatal development, aging and disease is related to the temporal and spatial intracellular calcium pattern, the expression and activity of calcium channels, their spatial organization and cellular ultrastructure.
Cellular mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in human diabetes
Cardiovascular disorders in diabetes are caused by alterations in cellular mechanisms in endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Unfortunately, at the present time, there is neither the complete understanding of the cellular mechanisms in diabetes, especially in human type 1 (juvenile) and type 2 diabetes, nor specific treatment for cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes. We study the effect of high glucose concentrations on the human endothelial and smooth muscle cell function (as a model of juvenile diabetes), and changes in signaling pathways in human vascular cells which lead to augmented vasoconstriction and enhanced proliferation. We also investigate spatial and temporal calcium patterns in diabetic vascular cells, alterations in the expression and activity of calcium channels, changes in the cell architecture and extracellular matrix, which contribute to accelerated development of atherosclerosis. This research leads us towards a comprehensive understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease in diabetes, identifying biomarkers and to developing specific therapy for cardiovascular disease and post-surgical care in diabetic patients.
Vascular dysfunction in Marfan syndrome
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an autosomal dominant disorder with mutations in FBN1 gene encoding fibillin-1, the main component of the extracellular microfibrils that is important for formation of elastic fibers. Over 90% of mortality is related to aortic complications in the form of aortic dilatation and rupture. Both smooth muscle and endothelial cells as well as extracellular matrix components could be impaired in MFS. In our project, we use a genetic mouse model of MFS to investigate the cellular mechanisms of the age-dependent disease progression. We intend to characterize the distensibility and elasticity of aortae in vitro, pathologic mechanisms in endothelial and smooth muscle cell signalling, calcium patterns, vessel remodelling, extracellular matrix integrity, cellular ultrastructure, and cell-to-cell interactions. We will monitor disease progression and pathogenesis in the microcirculation in vivo. In addition, we plan to monitor the response to medical therapy. We believe that the study of the biophysical properties and the cellular mechanisms of Marfan syndrome will give new pharmacological targets for treatment of this disease.
Poburko D, Liao CH, van Breemen C, Demaurex N.: Mitochondrial regulation of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ content in vascular smooth muscle cells. Circ Res. 2009 Jan 2;104(1):104-12.
Chung AW, Yang HH, Radomski MW, van Breemen C.: Long-term doxycycline is more effective than atenolol to prevent thoracic aortic aneurysm in marfan syndrome through the inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9. Circ Res. 2008 Apr 25;102(8):e73-85.
Fameli N, van Breemen C, Kuo K-H. A quantitative model for linking Na+/Ca2+ exchange to SERCA during refilling of the sarcoplasmic reticulum to sustain [Ca2+]i oscillations in vascular smooth muscle. Cell Calcium. 2006 (In Press).
Poburko D, Potter K, van Breemen E, Fameli N, Liao CH, Basset O, Ruegg UT, van Breemen C. Mitochondria buffer NCX-mediated Ca(2+)-entry and limit its diffusion into vascular smooth muscle cells. Cell Calcium. 2006 Jun 26; [Epub ahead of print].
Chung AYW, Hsiang YN, Matske L, McManus B, van Breemen C, Okon EB. Reduced expression of vascular endothelial growth factor paralleled with the increased angiostatin expression resulting from the upregulated activities of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 in human type 2 diabetic arterial vasculature. Circ Res. 2006; 99(2):140-8.
van Breemen C, Poburko D, Okon EB. TRP proteins: a new dimension in the treatment of occlusive vascular disease (Invited Editorial). Circ Res. 2006 Mar 3;98(4):446-7.
Huang J, van Breemen C, Kuo KH, Hove-Madsen L, Tibbits GF. Store-operated Ca2+ entry modulates SR Ca2+ loading in neonatal rabbit cardiac ventricular myocytes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2006 Jan 18 [Epub ahead of print].
Okon EB, Chung AW, Rauniyar P, Padilla E, Tejerina T, McManus BM, Luo H, van Breemen C. Compromised Arterial Function in Human Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Diabetes. 2005 Aug; 54(8):2415-2423.
Lee CH, Kuo KH, Dai J, Leo JM, Seow CY, van Breemen C. Calyculin-A disrupts subplasmalemmal junction and recurring Ca2+ waves in vascular smooth muscle. Cell Calcium. 2005 Jan; 37(1):9-16.
Poburko D, Kuo KH, Dai J, Lee CH, van Breemen C. Organellar junctions promote targeted Ca(2+) signalling in smooth muscle: why two membranes are better than one. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2004 Jan; 25(1):8-15.
Szado T, Kuo K-H, Bernard-Helary K, Poburko D, Lee CH, Seow C, Ruegg UT, Van Breemen C. Agonist-induced mitochondrial Ca2+ transients in smooth muscle. Faseb J. 17(1):28-37, 2003.
Lee CH, Poburko D, Sahota P, Sandhu J, Ruehlamnn DO, van Breemen, C. The mechanism of phenylephrine-mediated [Ca2+)](i) oscillations underlying tonic contraction in the rabbit inferior vena cava. J Physiol. 534(pt 3):641-50, 2001.
CIHR Operating Grant, Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Vascular Dysfunction & Aortic Aneurysm in Marfan syndrome, 2011
Elena Okon, PhD - Lab manager
Ada W.-Y Chung, PhD - Postdoctoral fellow
Nicola Faneli, PhD - Postdoctoral fellow
Mitra Esfandiarei, PhD - Postdoctoral fellow
Steyner Cortes, PhD - Visiting assistant professor
Virginia lemos, PhD - Visiting assistant professor
Harley Syyong - Graduate (PhD) student
Minne Dai - Graduate (PhD) student
Karen Au Yeung - Academic research assistant
Serge Okon - Academic research assistant


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Letter of Invitation - Confirmation
Pastor's Message
July 23, 2017
Dear Parents, Grandparents, Godparents, and Guardians,
This letter is an invitation to you for your Son or Daughter to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. We welcome you and we are happy to assist you, Parents and Guardians, to prepare your teens to be Confirmed in the Holy Spirit.
Our Parish records show that your teen has not received the Sacrament of Confirmation. We want your Teen currently in High School to prepare and to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. The Diocese of Venice requires that all High School Youth receive two (2) years of preparation.
To Register bring a copy of your Teen's Baptism Certificate and a check for $15 for the cost of the textbook to the Parish Office before August 15.
The first gathering for Confirmation Prep will be Sunday, September 10.
Preparation for Confirmation will take place every 2nd Sunday of each month from 10:00am to 2:15pm. We begin with the Mass for Youth at 10:00am, followed by an Apostolic Action; then Pancake Breakfast at 11:10am; the Teaching begins at 11:35 and ends at 2:15pm. The Teaching includes Video and Q & A in small teams with Adult Facilitators. To qualify as a Candidate for Confirmation, one must be registered before the first class and attend each month.
We hope and pray that as the Parent or Guardian, you will collaborate with us for the spiritual growth of your Son and Daughter.
Sincerely in the Lord,
Father Richard York


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Location WI & IL
About Zenita Hill
Recently graduated in September 2012, with a BFA in Digital Photography, from The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg.
While attending school, she realized that she not only had a passion for photography but also had a natural talent with graphic design.
Photography is the only way that Zenita can show how she views the world. It gives her a way to experiment and push boundaries, both visually and conceptually.


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Marti and Bob were presented the 2017 EdTA President's Award at the recent National Conference in Nashville, TN. Marti was also elected to the EdTA Board of Directors.
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I agree – as irritating as it is, sometimes small talk is the way I prefer to interact w/ the rest of the world. If they can't keep up with me or aren't on the same proverbial page, deeper conversations are not a good use of time.
It's often remarked by autistic people that we don't "do" small talk. We'd rather not talk at all, or talk endlessly about one of our interests — there is no middle ground. We're all different, of course, so this isn't an absolute, but it does resonate with me. But I've been thinking about one way in which I sometimes prefer small talk, because it's more comfortable than self-disclosure.
I don't necessarily mean disclosure of my autism; I just mean any kind of revelation of who I am and what is important to me. Small talk isn't my strong suit — I'd much prefer a deep, intense conversation about one of my passions — but it's safer to stay on blander, neutral ground.
And that's because all too often my excitement or intensity about a subject has put people off. I've learned how not to totally monopolize the conversation, so it's…
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I am a huge fan of teaching and encouraging reading. I have stated that many times before. I also think that personalizing stories is a fantastic way to engage kid's interests and bring them into the story. I See Me! is a company from Minnesota that does this very well. Their personalized books, stickers and more are amazingly done and fantastic quality! We have been luck enough to work with I See Me! before and now, we get to show you one of their new personalized books!
M is for Me! is a personalized alphabet book that will capture your child's interest while helping them learn the ABC's! They include your child from the very first page until the very last!
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OK – I immediately apologize for the length, but this is a bit of a rant.
I woke up this morning to an article waiting to be read, sent over by a teacher friend @ginrob_pt (Twitter). The article is titled, "How Video Games are Infiltrating – and Improving – Every Part of Our Lives" by Adam L. Peneberg. The link is here. Full URL: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/151/everyones-a-player.html?page=0%2C0
Of course we can talk about the organization and perspective of the author, his choice of examples and details… but I just want to get into my rant here.
The article goes for 6 pages, discussing different ways "games" are part of our culture. Peneberg typically discusses reward systems – credit cards, purchases, painting the picture that consumers spend and go on in life for the sole purpose of racking up points.
The article indeed mentions a type of gaming training we've discussed for learning. Simulations for surgery or online meetings are a bit more "serious".
The article's title claims there is something positive to come out of this gamification of life, and I didn't get that impression at all. While reading, I was a bit appalled by the notion of humans being completely and blindly participating in these life "games". Does life need to be such a novelty? I'm not convinced this is the norm NOR will be it the way of the future. As many of you know, I am already against the notion that LEARNING always has to be flashy and externally rewarding in order to be engaging. Are we becoming more and more convinced by stimuli? We have a brain for a reason.
If you want to see possible alternative opinions in this article, you'll need to go to page 6 and 7. I want to just mention two alternatives worth mentioning – and worth critique.
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"We humans are pretty susceptible to addictive tricks, so surely people trying to make money will exploit that to the fullest. In fact, they already do," says David Sirlin, an independent game designer. "The best defense is to raise awareness about the dangers of being manipulated by external reward systems." But he isn't hopeful. There's too much money to be made.
Commercialization is embedded in the "games" listed in the article – that's an obvious area of concern. What really concerns me are the different training and work gaming systems. At first glance, training or simulation games can help disperse relevant company information and develop necessary skills/attitudes. But the more I think about it, the more it seems to merely to assist company efficiency and profit. Are humans mere workers who are entertained and satisfied with winning a pre-determined, developed game by our employer – a game with the sole intentions on keeping us happy to keep us working? Come on, if this becomes the case, I'll be one of those up in arms.
Another quotation:
Where Priebatsch sees economic opportunity, McGonigal of the Institute for the Future sees nothing less than a way to save the human race. She believes that if we want to conquer problems such as climate change, hunger, obesity, poverty, and war, we need to play at least 21 billion hours of video games a week.
Say what? McGonigal would like to see roughly half the planet play an hour a day, which is a low-end estimate of the time spent by gamers now — that's how she gets to 21 billion hours a week. "I reckon that roughly six hours a week should be spent playing games we love, to develop our gamer skills," McGonigal says, "and one hour a week should be spent playing serious, world-changing, life-changing, or reality-changing games." For example, she prescribes Evoke, a game she designed with the World Bank Institute that takes place in Africa and has users undertake 10 missions in 10 weeks involving water sustainability, disaster relief, and human rights. A game called World Without Oil simulates how we could survive without nonrenewable resources, while Lost Joules encourages players to save energy by awarding points for turning down thermostats, or for using appliances like washers and dryers during off-peak hours.
So how will playing these games save the world? I didn't really get a clear answer from that quotation. If anything, they are merely simulations… they can help us deal with possible scenarios that occur in real life. I can understand how this may help with military initiatives and training. But for saving the world? Unless you're in a field in which these games directly mimic and relate to your actual work, I'd say this claim is outrageous. I'm sorry, but merely playing a game about environmental initiatives or human rights is no guarantee I'll apply it to my real life. There is no guarantee that I'll then allocate real money to the causes or that I'll actively participate in these worthwhile initiatives.
I think I am very against this gamification, this notion that gaming is the way of future learning and living. It seems to remove any type of human interaction and expanded thinking (as in, stepping out from this gaming box and looking in). What occurs virtually in a static, isolated game (however high movement or "global" it may appear, it's still a closed game) is still disconnected to reality. To claim they are interconnected is to assume humans can't note the difference between what they experience on-screen (albeit,3D) and what they experience in the tangible, REAL, reality.
Am I being too harsh? Jumping the gun? Am I being reactive to a trend that's already starting to take shape? Am I not giving humans enough credit? I don't know…
I guess I'm just more and more appalled by blind promotion of this gamification, game-based learning, and any type of teaching/learning approach in general. We need to think long and hard about what's out there, if and how we choose to participate with/in/against it, and the implications on other people who don't actively think before engaging in or promoting the processes.
[P.S. If anyone can tell me how to indent on this WordPress blog, I'll be forever grateful.]